“Oh, it was lovely!” cried Laura. “I never enjoyed a game more.”
“I was so afraid you were going to lose at first I hardly knew what to do,” came from Flossie. “The winning out was grand!”
“You must come over to the Lodge, now we are settled down for the summer,” said Mrs. Ford, and the cadets promised to pay them a visit if they could manage to get off for that purpose.
“They are fine people,” remarked Andy, as they watched the departure of the automobile. “And the girls are——”
“Peaches,” finished Pepper, and then all of the boys laughed.
During the next two weeks came several more ball-matches. The Browns played with four other nines, winning two games and losing two. The Medals played six games, of which they won only two.
“Hurrah! I’ve got news for you fellows!” shouted Jack, as he burst into the gymnasium one afternoon after a long talk with Captain Putnam. “We are to go into camp for three days, starting the middle of next week.”
“Good!” shouted Dale. “That suits me to a T!”
“Me too,” put in Stuffer. “No more hard lessons in algebra, and language——”
“And plenty to eat, eh, Stuffer?” put in Pepper. “You got more than hardtack when we were out before, didn’t you?”